OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs

Sarah Lyon, OTR/L
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Earn your OT CEUs by listening to our episodes for free, then logging into the OT Potential Club to take a short quiz and download your certificate. Each week (with breaks for major holidays), we host a live-recorded conversation exploring cutting-edge trends, timely hot topics, and the most impactful developments shaping occupational therapy today.  Our expert guests help you pull out actionable insights you can apply immediately in practice. Designed for both occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and OT students the OT Potential Podcast is your go-to source for AOTA-approved, evidence-driven occupational therapy continuing education.

  1. #141 Therapy Credentialing and Billing 101 with Kara Welke

    May 22

    #141 Therapy Credentialing and Billing 101 with Kara Welke

    In talking to therapy start-ups this year, I've heard a common stumbling block: Credentialing. And, honestly, I was shocked when I dug into the space. It feels like the seemingly boring task of getting credentialed with insurance has turned into what honestly feels like a world of sharks. It seems like there are 3 trends at play: This is truly a bureaucratic headache: You do need to buckle up for some super confusing portals to get credentialed. Credentialing services are all too happy to take your money: They take your personal information because of this barrier-but because the process itself is murky, they often over-promise and under-deliver, without clarity into what is happening. Big companies like Grow Therapy want to present this task as too difficult for an average therapist, so you join their platform (where they do the credentialing for you, but own your contract). In today's episode, we want you to feel empowered to understand credentialing and billing with insurance. We'll help you understand this complex system and how you can navigate it. Honestly, every therapist who works in insurance reimbursement should understand this process (because if you don't do it yourself, that means someone is probably doing it on your behalf). Our goal is for you to leave with a checklist of what to do-and the confidence to do it! See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/therapy-credentialing-and-billing-101 See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    1 hr
  2. #140 Suicide Prevention for OT, PT and SLP with Christine Weible-Cruz

    May 15

    #140 Suicide Prevention for OT, PT and SLP with Christine Weible-Cruz

    In the United States, approximately 49,000 people die by suicide each year. And, unfortunately, the rate of suicide has increased substantially since 2000, up about 30%.  Suicide remains among the 10 leading causes of death among persons aged 10-64 years and is the second leading cause of death among those aged 10-14 and 25-34. While these trends are multifactorial, they are particularly distressing because evidence-based approaches to screening and intervention are better established than ever.  Yet confidence and training in these approaches remain too low — even among behavioral health workers. OTs, PTs, and SLPs are uniquely positioned to recognize warning signs through repeated, relationship-based care, but most receive little formal training in suicide prevention. This course seeks to address that gap. We'll cover the basics of:  What to watch forEvidence based ScreeningEvidence based intervention And, the role of the team. We'll anchor our discussion in one of the most comprehensive evidence-based frameworks available: the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide (2024). And we'll be joined by Christine Weible-Cruz, LCSW, to get practical on what these guidelines look like in frontline care. See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/suicide-prevention-for-ot-pt-and-slp  See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    56 min
  3. #139 Healthcare, Therapy, and the Senate with Dan Osborn

    May 8

    #139 Healthcare, Therapy, and the Senate with Dan Osborn

    Fixing healthcare is simple: More people need preventative, conservative care earlier. But getting to this fix is a massively complex web of structural policy choices. The reality is that our modern healthcare system often misaligns incentives, rewarding the management of chronic sickness over the investment in wellness. We've seen a shift toward market consolidation, where vertically integrated monopolies-both in insurance and hospital systems-drive up prices while limiting choice. It's this playbook-which includes a lack of site-neutrality, high specialist payments, and insufficient transparency-that has allowed consolidated systems to post record revenues, even as: Medicaid is cutInsurance premiums are upRural hospitals closeFrontline workers experience burnout and higher suicide rates.The US pays the most in the world for healthcare, without the leading outcomes to show for it.As therapy providers, we have watched as our common-sense bills collect dust. Our care is denied, our expenses are skyrocketing, and our reimbursement is stagnant because Medicare budgets are squeezed and commercial rates are failing to close the gap. We're fighting red tape to provide simple telehealth, while "AI Therapist" expands with a fraction of our professional oversight. That's why I wanted to have U.S. Senate Candidate Dan Osborn on the podcast. I wanted to talk about therapy in the Senate. Why aren't we making true progress? How do we move our bills forward? And what does it take to tackle these structural failures  See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/healthcare-therapy-and-the-senate  See our blog post "SEO for Therapists" here: https://otpotential.com/blog/seo-for-therapists-guide See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    55 min
  4. #138 SEO for Therapists with Saroosh Khan

    May 1

    #138 SEO for Therapists with Saroosh Khan

    SEO has long been the absolute best way to maintain a consistent therapy client caseload for outpatient therapists. But, for therapists in all settings really, understanding and optimizing your digital real estate is often a secret sauce for career growth. In today's course, we want to help you: Recognize how important your digital real estate is to your practice.Optimize your presence with the right keywords.Understand the technical details needed for effective local SEO.Get the leads or contacts you actually want!This task has gone from important to urgent with the onslaught of vertical integration happening in therapy in 2026. Platforms like GrowTherapy, Amazon, Headway, and Talkspace want to own your digital real estate and make you reliant on them. We want to teach you how to own your own professional identity-and give yourself professional flexibility whether you temporarily use a service like this or not. Joining us is Saroosh Kahn, CTO of Allia. I met Saroosh over a shared sense of helping keep therapists independent, and I can't wait for him to help us navigate this. See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/seo-for-therapists See our blog post "SEO for Therapists" here: https://otpotential.com/blog/seo-for-therapists-guide See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    58 min
  5. #137 OT in Primary Care with Ashley Halle

    Apr 24

    #137 OT in Primary Care with Ashley Halle

    For years, "Occupational Therapy in Primary Care" has felt like a professional aspiration-a "gold standard" we discussed in classrooms but rarely saw in job postings. Today, that reality is shifting. Following the 2020 statutory mandates in Norway and Sweden that solidified OT as a required primary care service, the global tide is turning. In the United States, we are moving past the era of mere "co-location" toward true interprofessional integration. Driven by the rise of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the 2026 Medicare updates to Advanced Primary Care Management, the door is finally opening for OTs to lead in chronic disease management, mental health, and aging-in-place. On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Halle, a leading voice in this movement and co-author of the foundational AJOT research on the topic, to discuss how clinicians can finally step out of the "hypothetical" and onto the primary care team. See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/ot-in-primary-care See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    59 min
  6. #136 Osteoarthritis of the Thumb with Preston Lockwood

    Apr 17

    #136 Osteoarthritis of the Thumb with Preston Lockwood

    Thumb osteoarthritis is a common condition in older adults. By age 50, the prevalence is about 8% in men and 25% in women-and it increases with age, with meta-analysis data suggesting that by age 80, approximately 39% of women have radiographic signs of thumb base OA. Conservative treatment is widely acknowledged as first-line care for thumb CMC OA, including occupational and physical therapy, particularly to help initiate splinting and exercise programs. With conservative treatment roughly 4 out of 5 cases can be managed successfully without surgery. Given the relatively high prevalence and importance of conservative intervention, it is critical that even generalist OTs be aware of its presentation and the basics of assessment and treatment. This course intends to do just that: equip the generalist therapist to watch for, assess, and treat thumb OA-and perhaps most importantly, know when to refer on. We'll be joined by hand therapist Preston Lockwood. See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/osteoarthritis-of-the-thumb See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    56 min
  7. #135 The Ethics of AI as Therapists with Megan Cornish

    Apr 10

    #135 The Ethics of AI as Therapists with Megan Cornish

    The landscape of healthcare has been changed forever with the introduction of AI. Already, 1 in 3 adults are turning to chatbots to ask health related questions. For younger adults under age 30, the shift is even faster-nearly 30% now use AI specifically for mental health and emotional support. Amid these broad changes is a specific question for us as therapists:  What happens when the chatbot starts to play the role of therapist? This service is already being offered by tools - like Abby - "Your AI Therapist." This raises so many questions for us-and at the heart of the questions is a moral and ethical one of turning our trust from individual humans to LLMs. Today, we'll walk through the broad ethical considerations with Megan Cornish is a licensed clinical social worker turned strategist who builds and scales ethical mental health brands. We'll discuss the ethics of this shift-and what our ethical duty is to respond, particularly in our day to day sessions with clients, who are likely beginning to use AI. Not to be dramatic: but this is the conversation of our generation.  This course was designed to help you meet your ethics requirements for your CE. See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/the-ethics-of-ai-as-therapists See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    57 min
  8. #134 Starting an OT Practice in 2026 with Christopher Gaskins

    Apr 3

    #134 Starting an OT Practice in 2026 with Christopher Gaskins

    The landscape of private practice changed forever this year. With Amazon officially adding physical therapy to its marketplace, accessing rehabilitation services is now as easy as ordering a pair of shoes. This shift signifies a massive rise in public awareness of therapy services-but it also brings a new set of challenges for the independent practitioner. How do you compete with a global giant? How do you meet the "one-click" expectations of modern clients? In our 2026 "Starting an OT Practice" course, we dive into the complexities of launching and sustaining a practice in this high-tech, high-convenience era. We'll discuss why easy onboarding is no longer optional, how to leverage the latest AI tools to provide world-class care while run a lean and professional business, and how to position your clinical expertise as a high-value alternative to corporate healthcare. We are joined by Christopher Gaskins PhD, OTR/L, CSRS, who recently made the leap from "side-hustle" to full-time practice owner. Chris shares his raw, first-hand experience of navigating the ups and downs of launching in this current market, offering a roadmap for OTs who are ready to bet on themselves. See full course details here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/starting-an-ot-practice-in-2026 See all OT CEU courses here: https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses Check our our live webinar schedule here: https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code: https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge Try 2 free OT Potential courses here: https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus Support the show

    58 min
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Earn your OT CEUs by listening to our episodes for free, then logging into the OT Potential Club to take a short quiz and download your certificate. Each week (with breaks for major holidays), we host a live-recorded conversation exploring cutting-edge trends, timely hot topics, and the most impactful developments shaping occupational therapy today.  Our expert guests help you pull out actionable insights you can apply immediately in practice. Designed for both occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and OT students the OT Potential Podcast is your go-to source for AOTA-approved, evidence-driven occupational therapy continuing education.

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